2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE Owners Manual

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Ul trason icsou rces such as a lorry ’scom-
pres sed-air brake s,apneu matic drill oran aut o-
mat iccar was hco uld cau sePar ktronic to
malfun ction.
i The se nsors mustbe freefrom dirt ,ice and
slu sh,ot he rwise they are not abl eto work prop-
erly .Clean thesenso rs regularl y,taking care not
to sc ratch or da mage them.
Mi nimum dist an ce
Al lwa rnin g displays light upandawa rning
tone sound sif th erei san obsta clew ithin
this ra nge.Ifyo ur vehicle’ sdis tanc ef alls
below the minim umdista nce, it sco nti nued
ap proa chwillno longer beshown. Warning
displays
The warnin g displays sh owthedist an ce
between the bump erand the obsta cle. Th e
wa rning display fo rthe fr ontarea is inthe
ins trumen tcl us ter. The warni ngdisplay for
th e rea rareais at the re arin the roof trim. Fr
ont area warni ng display
1 Left-h an dside of the ve hicle
2 Righ t-ha ndside of th evehicle
3 Oper ationa lre adin ess sy mbol
Th ewarn ingdi sp layfo r ea chside of the ve-
hicl eisdivided into five yellow and two red
segments. Parktro nicis op era tion alif yel-
lo w info rm ation displ ays3 under the seg-
ments li ghtu p.
Th etra nsmi ssion pos itio n de termines
whic hwarning displ ayisac tive: One
ormo resegm ents ligh tupas thev ehi-
cl ea pproaches an obstacle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdista nc efrom the obstacle.
Wh en the firs tre dse gm entlight sup,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twa rnin gsignal
fo ra pproxi mately two se conds. After the
se co nd red segm ent lights up, you wil lhear
a co ntinuo us warning sig nal.Yo uha ve
rea che d th eminim um dista nce. Centre ap
prox. 20 cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 15 cm P54.32-3397-31 Autom
atic
tr an sm is-
si on in Wa
rnin gdi splay D Fr
ont area activated R Fr
ont and rear areas act i-
va ted N Wi
th the el ectric parki ng
brake applied: no areas
ac tiv ated.
Wi th the el ectric parki ng
brake released: front and
re ar ar easact ivat ed P No
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/activa ting
1 Toswitch Parktroni con or off
2 Indic ator la mp
6 Press button 1.
Pa rktroni cis deacti vated if ind icat or
lamp 2islit.
!Youm ustdeac tivatetheradar sens or sys-
te m in certain count riesand near radio ast ro-
nomic alins talla tions (
=pag e287).
Par k As sist is an electro nic park ing aid
with radar sens orsan d assists you wh en
parki ngby: !
giving youadi splay ofthe di stan ce be-
twe en yo urvehicl ean dan obs tacle
! giving youa wa rning tone whenyouap-
proach anobs tacle
Pa rk Ass isti sau tom atically activa ted
when th een gine isrunning and yous hift
the autom atic tr ansmission selector lever
to D, R orN.
Pa rk Ass isti sde activated atspee dsex-
ceed ing 18 km /h.Pa rk Assist is reac tiva t-
ed at lowe rsp eeds.
Park Assist is also deact ivat ed when you
shi ftthe autom atic tr ansm ission to Por
swit ch off theen gine.
Wh enthe tra nsmi ssioni sin po sition N,
Pa rkAss isti sdeactivated when you se cure
the vehicle usingthe electri cparki ng
brake.
Park Assist detectsth ear ea around your
ve hicle using four sensor s inthef ront
bu mp erand two sensor sinthe rear bu mp-
er.
P5
4.65-3230-31 Pa
rk Assist * G
Risk ofaccide nt Pa
rkAs sis tis only an ai dand ma y no tde tect
all obstacl es.Pa rk Assist may not be abl eto
de tect an object cor rectly ne ar corn ers or
ve ry sm ooth su rfac es.Pa rk Assist does not
reli eve youo fthe res ponsibilit yto pa yatten-
tion.
Yo uare always responsib lefor safety and
mu st continu eto pay attentio nto your im-
medi atesu rroundi ngswh en pa rking an d
ma noe uvring .O therwi se ,yo ucou lden da n-
ger yoursel fan dot hers. G
Risk ofinju ry Make su
re thatno pe rsons or ani mals are
in the manoe uvring rang e. Ot herw ise, they
cou ldbe inju re d. 216_
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ngeof the sensors
Side view
Vi ew from above
i Dueto the extensive de tection ra nge of the
sen sors, there is a possibili tythat Park Assist
may also det ectth efo llowing obstacles and is-
su e a warnin g: !
objects intheg round, e.g. manhole covers,
rail s,road bumps or gut ters
! object sm oving upwards rapidly ,e.g. rolling
service doors
Fro ntsen sors
Rear sens ors
! Pay par ticular at tent ion toobj ects above or
belo wthe sensors when parkin g,suc has flower
pot s,ah ighe rmo unte dcr os sba ro ratr ailer tow-
bar. Park Assist does notdetec tsuc hobje cts
when they are in theimme diate vic inity of the ve-
hi cle. You could dam ageth e ve hicle or the ob-
jects. i
ThePark Assist sensors are inte grated in
th ef ront and rear bump ers. Ma kesure that the
bumper isfree ofdirt ,ice or slush in thear ea of
the senso r,otherwise Park Assis tma yno t fu nc-
ti on corre ctly (
=page 397). Warn
ingdi sp lays
Th ewa rning di splays show thedist an ce
betwee nthe sensor and the obsta cle. The
wa rning displ ayfor the front area isin the
in st rum entcl uste r.Th ewarning dis play for
th ere ar ar eaisat the re arin th eroof trim.
Fr ont area warning disp lay
1 Left-h an d side of the veh icle
2 Right-h andside ofthev ehicle
3 Operationa lre adin ess sy mbol
P54.65-3125-31
P54.65-3126-31 Display
area Centre approx.
100cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm Display
area Centre approx.
125cm Cor
ners ap
prox. 60 cm P54.32-3397-31216_R
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Th e war ning disp layforea ch sideof th eve-
hicl e is divid ed into five yell ow and two red
se gm ents. Park Assis tis op era tiona lif ye l-
lo w info rmationdi sp lays 3underth ese g-
men tslight up.
Th e tra nsmi ssio npositio ndeter mines
wh ich wa rning display is activ e:One or
moresegm ents light upasthe veh i-
cl e ap proa chesan obst acle, depending on
the vehicle’ sdis tanc efro mthe obsta cle.
Wh en the first red seg ment lights up,
yo uw illhe ar an inte rmitten twarning sign al
fo rap proxim atelytwo seconds .After the
se co nd red segment lights up, you will hear
a co ntinuous warning sign al.Yo uha ve
re ac hed the minimum di stanc e.
i The warning display sand warningto nes may
be triggered as a result of heavy rain, e.g .by wa-
ter running of fin the area around thesenso rs. Collision
warning
Par kAs sist ca ndetect object sfrom aco n-
si derable dista nce. If you reverse towards
an obsta cle, youwi llhe ar awa rning. You
mu stthen brake to avoid acollision .The
co llisio nwarning does notso und if yo uare
ver yclo seto the ob stac le.Yo u will th en
hear the relevant warning tone fort he
wa rning display inther earar ea.
i Aco llision war ning ma ybetriggered as a re-
sult of heavyrain, e.g. by water running off in the
area arou ndthes ensors. De
acti vatin g/activa ting
1 Todeactiv ate/ activ ate Park Ass ist
2 Indicat orlamp
6 Pressbutton 1.
Park Ass isti sde activated if ind icat or
la mp 2islit. Aut
omatic
tran smis-
sion in Warning
display D Fr
ont area activ ated R Fr
ont and re arareas acti-
vated N Wi
th the electri cparking
brake appli ed:no areas
ac tivated.
Wi th the electri cparking
brake rel eased:front and
rear area sa ctivat ed P No
area sa ctivat ed P5
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Pa rking Guidan ce is anelectro nicparki ng
ai d with aradar sensor system. It meas-
ures theroad spa ceon both sides of your
veh icle by me ansof th eradar sensor sys-
tem. An appropriate parking spaceis indi-
ca ted and ste ering instructi onsgiven to
park in this space. !
Youm ustd eactivat ethe radar sens orsys-
tem incertain count ries and near radio as tro-
nomical installations. Furt herinf orm ation can be
found in the index under "Radar sen sor system –
swi tchingon /o ff".
Use Parki ng Guidanc efo r parki ngspa ces
wh ich are:
! parallel to the dire ction of tra vel
! onstraight roads ,i.e. not on corners
! onthesa me leve l as thero ad ,i.e. not
on pa veme nts ,fo rin sta nce. Flat kerbs
ma yno tb eidentified byParking Guid-
an ce. Pa
rkin gGu idan ce G
Risk of accident Pa
rking Guidance is onl yan ai dan dma yin-
di cat eparking spaces which ar einap prop ri-
at e, e. g. where parking is forb idde n,infront
of driv eways, on unsuitabl esurfaces etc.
Pa rking Guidance disp lays the parking
sp ace sym bolicall yinthe instr umentclust er
as it was whe nth epa rking sp acewa sin itia l-
ly me asured when the vehi cle dr ove past it.
Su bsequen tch an ges to the parki ngspac e
ar enot ta kenin to acco un t,e. g. ifthe vehicle
pa rking in front ofor behind it chang es its
pos itionor obstacl esare moved into the
par king space .Mo ving ob jects arenot dis-
pl ay ed, e. g. pedest rian sor passing veh icles.
Pa rking Guidance does not relieve you of
yo ur responsibil ity to pay attention. Yo uma y
ca usean ac cide nt or injure yourself or oth-
er s if you rely purely onParking Guidance.
Yo uar ea lway sre sponsi ble fo r saf etyan d
mu stpayatte ntion to yo urimme diatesur-
ro und ings when parkinga nd manoeuvr ing. G
Risk of inju ry Make su
rethat no pe rsons or animals are
in the ma noeuvring ra nge. Ot herwis e,they
co uld be injur ed. 216_R
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Pa rking instru ctions:
! On na rrow roads, sta yclos eto the
pa rking spac ewhend riving past it.
! Parking spaces which are li ttered, ove r-
gr own or infron to f trai lers might not
be identified.
! Observ ePa rk Assist 's wa rning di splay
du ring the parki ngguida nceproc edure
(= page 317).
Th edi st an ce ofyour vehicle from theke rb
af ter co mpleting th eparking gui dancep ro-
ce du re depends on th epos ition and the
sha peoftheve hicles in fr ont ofand behi nd
th eparkin gspace as well as thepr ev ailing
co nd itio ns .In so me cases Parking Guid-
anc ema ygu ideyo utoo far or not far
en ough into the parking spac e.In these
ca se, abort th eparki ngproc edure and cor-
rect th epos ition of th evehicl e. Identify
ingapa rking space
Pa rkin gGuida nceis auto matica lly ac tiv at-
ed inforward mode. At spee ds ofbelow
16 km /h,th ewh ite park ingspac esy mb ol
is displ ayed in the in strum entcluster as a
syst emdisplay. The park ingspace symb ol
tu rns blue as so onasParking Guidan ce
id entifies a parki ngspace. 1
Parking spacefo un d on the le ft-h an d
si de
2 Parking space symbol
3 Parking spacefo un d on th eright -hand
si de
In ord erfor a parki ngspa ceto be identified
by Parki ng Guidanc e,theparking space
must be:
! limi tedat there ar
! parallel to thedir ection of trav el
! atleas t1.5 mwide
! atleas t1m longe rth an the car Pa
rking spa cesa re disp layedwhendri ving
past the mun tilyouar eat adi st an ce of
15 m beyon dthem. Bydefault, Parki ng
Gu idan ce onlydisplays parkingspac eson
the front-passenger side.
Park ingspaces onthe dr iver 's side ar edis-
pl ay ed assoon astheturn signal on the
driver 'sside isswitc hed on.
To park on th edriver 'sside , the turn signal
on the driver's side mu st rem ain switc hed
on until rev erse gear isen gaged. Parki
ng
Th efollowing describes howt o park on the
fr ont-passenger side. Parki ng on th edriv-
er's side isperform edinversely.
A wa rning tone sounds if Pa rkingGui dance
identifies anobstacle beh ind the vehicl e
during th eparking proc edure.Stop imme-
di at ely. Thepa rking space andth e lane
fl as h in the inst ru me ntcluste r.On lycon-
tin ue onc eyou are sure that there is no
risk. The displ ayin the in strume ntcluster
st op sflash ing once Par king Gui dance no
lo ng er identifies anyob stac les. Theg uided
parki ngprocedure can be resu me d. 216_R
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6 Stop the vehicl e as lo ngasthe desired
parki ngspace isind icat ed by th eblue
parki ngspac esy mb ol in th e instru ment
cluster.
6 Engage reverse ge ar.
The following message appe ars in the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay: "Che ck entire
surroundings. Confirm with OK." .6
Confir mwith # on the mu lti-fu nc-
tion steering whe el.
Th einst rume ntclus ter disp lay sw itch-
es to Parki ngGuidan ce.
Steering instructions
1 Redlines show the current steering
whe elang le
2 Yellow line s sh owthere qu ired st eering
wh eel ang le
6 Turn the steerin gwh eelwh ile th evehi-
cle is st ationa ry untilth ered line s1
correspond to the yellow lines 2.
The lines turn gree n. Ifth epark ing
spac eisdisplayed in the inst rume nt
clus ter,awhit ebr ac ke tappear sat the
en dof the gre enlines with an ar row for
the target position. Dr
iving into apa rki ng space
1 Gree nlin es when the steerin gwheel
ang leisco rre ct
6 Maintain the steerin gwh eelang leand
re ve rse carefully.
6 Stop assoon asthe warni ngtone
so un ds.
Th eve hicle hasreached thepo sition
when you nee dto coun terstee r. G
Risk of acc ident Pa
rking Guid ance is onlyan ai dan dmi ght
not detect all obstacl es.P arking Guid ance
might notbeable to detect ob ject sprope rly
at corn ers or on smooth surface s.Pa rking
Gu ida nce does notrelieve youo fyou rre-
sponsibility to pay att ention.
Yo uare always responsib lefor safety and
must payat tentio nto your immed iatesu r-
ro un dings when parkingan d ma noeuvr ing.
Ot he rwis e,you co uld enda nger your selfan d
others. 216_R
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Counte rsteer ing
1 Red li nessh ow th ecu rrent ste ering
whe elang le
2 Yellow line sshow th erequired steering
whe elang le
6 Turn thestee ring wh eelwhile theve hi-
cl e is stat iona ry until th ered line s1
corresp ond to the yellow lines 2.
The lines 2turn green and awhite
br ac ket with an arrowisdispl ayed to
re present the target position. Drivin
gin to th efina lp osition
1 Gree nline swh en the stee ring wh eel
ang le is correct
6 Maintai nt he steer ing wh eel angle and
re ve rsec arefully until the vehicle is in
the final position.
The "Parking guidance finished" mes-
sage appears onthe mult i-fu nc tion dis-
play and awa rning to nesoun ds.
Th ePa rk Assist warningt oneaddit ion-
al ly so undsif th edista nceto the rear is
too short. Fi
na lpos ition
Depending on the size of th eparking
spac e,theve hicle may be at anangle to
th eke rb. Inthis case Pa rkingGuidan cewill
gu ideyo u up to there ar en dof thepark ing
spac e, ifpossibl e.
6 Take upthe fi nalpo sitio n by manoe u-
vring ifnece ssary.
6 Obse rveth e Pa rkAssist disp lay. 216_R
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